Combined pan and stove-lid lifter.



'.No./784,803. ATENTED MAP.. l. 1905.

A. M. MOYLAN.

MBINEB PAN AND STVB LH? LETER.

AEPMGMIUN 11,111: HGV. 1Q, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

f ALEXANDER M. .MOYLAN, OF CENTURY, FLORIDA.

COMBINE-D PAN AND STOVE-LID LIFTE'R.

dated March 14, 1905.

Application iledNovernber 16, 1904. Serial No. 232,997

To all wiz/mv t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M.'M0Y LAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Century, in the county of Escambia and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined' Pan.- and Stove-Lid Lifter, of which the following is aspecification.` A

This inventionconsists of a combined pan and stove-lid lifting device; and the essential feature of the invention resides in the provision of an article of this class`possessing an vextreme simplicity of' construction, whereby it may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost,l and one which admits of ready handling of hot pans orfthe like and replacing or removinglids of stoves.

For a full description'of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details ofconstruction of the means for elfecting the result reference is to be. had vto the vfollowing description and accompanying drawings.

l/Vhile the invention may beadapted to dif-l ferent forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing fromthe spirit or essential features thereof, stillthe preferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- `Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying the essential features of the in- Vention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, a pan being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the stove-lid-lifting arm be- .ing shown engaged with thel lid, the latter illustrated in dotted lines.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in'all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying' out the invention it is designed tomake the lifting device as simple as practicable, and for this purpose it is preferred to construct the various members thereof from a single piece of metal, which when formed into the requisite shape will give' the vdesired rigidity necessary, being generally suitable vfor all purposes of the invention.

The invention comprises a handle which is composed of upper and lower members 1 and 2, respectively, an engaging memberat one extremity of the upper member 1-, a supporting member 4 at the adjacent extremityof the lower member 2, and a lid-lifting arm 5, extending rearwardly from the handle. The engaging member 3 of the part l of the handle is formed by bending the front extremity Aof said part upwardly and downwardly, this 'making a U-shaped part readily adapted to receive the upper rim portion of the pan in the actual use of the device. The supporting member 4 is bent forwardly from a downwardly-extending portion 6 at the front end of the member 2L said supporting member 4 being adapted to engage beneath the pan o`r like article being operated upon in order to hold or carry the weight of the same in conveying the receptacle toadesired point. The member 3 holds the pan firmly in place upon the supporting member 4 in a manner readily apparent.

The stove-lid lifter is peculiarly formed,and for this purpose the upper member l 'of the handle is curved inwardly, as shown at 7, after which it' is recurved or extended downwardly and outwardly, as shown at 8. The lower member 2 is likewise projected or curved downwardly, as shown at 9, from the rearextremity of the upper member l, and since the members l and 2 are made from a single strip of metal the parts 8 and 9 form a rigid member readily supporting any such part as a lid or thelike.

It will be noted that the handle of the device is common vto both the pan-lifting means as well as to the stove-lid lifter, this being obviously advantageous. The upper member l of the handle has a spring action, and the normal tendency of this member is to move away `from the member 2, it being vnecessary to hold the members l and 2 together in order Vthat the engaging member 3 may clamp a pan or similar receptacle. To further subserve the rigidityxof Vthe device, the inwardlycurved portion 7 of the member 1 and'th'cadn jacent recurved portion arefirmly secured to l the rear portion of the member 2 by means of' e rivet l() or similar fastening, which positively holds the various parts of the device in position.

The portions 8 und 9 of the lid-lilting firm of the device may he provided with :L longitudinal Slot or openingl il. znlrnitting of ready suspension ef the device upon a nail or Similar part when not in nee.

Having time described the invention, what is elairned new iem- A pan-lifter comprising' n single piece oi. metal hent upon iteelibetween the ends to form e lmndle composited of upper and lower members, the upper member being' upwardly and downwardly lient et one end to form en engaging' member.l the lower member being downwardly and outwardly bent to forni a.

regrese@ Supporting' member, the opposite end of the upper member being' inwardly curved and tl'ienoe reonrved and projected downwmdly from the handle, the lower member having its opposite end also downwardly curved adjacent therecurved portion of the upper meinn ber and forming* therewith a. stove-lid-lifting erin, the in\vardly-emved and reeurved portions of the upper member being` permanently fastened to the adjacent portion of the lower member.

,in tetimony whereof I nflix my signature ir presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER M. MOYLAN. Witnesses:

Jin-ms H. Jones,

J. E. S'rm'oKLAND. 

